THE common Norway rat is a wild, fierce, aggressive animal which fights with other rats or other animals, large or small, at apparently slight provocation. When captured and brought into the ...
Researchers have shown for the first time in an experiment that non-human animals can also exchange different kind of favors. Humans commonly trade different commodities, which is considered a core ...
Of the many myths that have followed the Brown Rat around New York City down the years perhaps the most commonly cited –and loved– is the one about there being one rat per person. That would equal ...
An estrogenic steroid, 17α-ethynylestradiol-3-cyclopentyl ether, was evaluated for voluntary oral acceptance and reproductive inhibition in caged and free-living wild Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus).
In a recent study published in the journal mBio, researchers in the United States evaluated rat exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in New York City (NYC). In ...
Reciprocity can generate stable levels of cooperation among unrelated social partners. If individuals interact repeatedly, costs of altruistic acts can be compensated through an exchange of donor and ...
-Infected rats can cause symptoms in humans such as fever, fatigue, loss of appetite, jaundice, and dark urine, with pregnant women being in higher risk -4.4% of urban Norway rats in Seoul and Jeju ...
The rodent population scouring New York City, already public enemy no. 1, poses a new threat as researchers reveal that millions of wild rats could be carrying the virus that causes COVID-19. New ...
Rats play tit-for-tat with one another across different services Different forms of cooperation are common among many nonhuman animals (animals; scholarly essays can be seen here). Observations of ...